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418. I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours: Breakup Album

Today’s discussion covers the “breakup album” as in the album you would play during a breakup for whatever reason. The reasons and albums our hosts choose could not be more distant which is fascina...

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What Deep-Dive Miniseries Are Abe And Michael Doing Next?

Hello, Beans. It is I, Beans. As Beans, we need help from you: the Beans! In the recent episode of Kings of King: Children of the Corn, we discussed taking a short break from Kings of King to tackle a mi...

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417. Kings of King: Children Of The Corn

That’s right! It’s the KOK COC episode! So let’s talk about some murderous kids! Abe and Mike discuss King’s relationship with religious tales, the cult-y love for this film, the numerous sequels...

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416. BOLD: Sex Work and Decriminalization (Feat. Chanelle Gallant)

Ivette Ale (@dignityandpowernow, @justicelanow) and Dahlia Ferlito (@wp4bl) talk with Chanelle Gallant (@ChanelleGallant) about decriminalization and sex work. This is a collaboration between Small Beans and Showing Up for Racial Justice, produced by White People 4 Black Lives.

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414. Shooting Threes: 50 Shades Freed

We wrap up our first trilogy with the third installment of the 50 shades films. Listen as Sarah and Bridgett discuss how these movies are not actually stories but just series of things that happen, how c...

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413. Frame Rate: Nocturnal Animals (Feat. Bridgett Greenberg)

Big Bean Bridgett Greenberg sits in to discuss Tom Ford’s 2016 psychological thriller/noir Nocturnal Animals. With quick pacing and two simultaneous stories, this film is not a casual viewing experienc...

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412. Directorpiece Theatre: Filling Mr. Spielberg's Shoes, A Jurassic Park 3 Story

This time around Abe tells us about the paint-by-numbers approach of the direction of Jurassic Park 3. It’s not the franchise’s most memorable film by a mile, but the story of Joe Johnston’s artist...

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Movie Production Diary #24

As we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on the Furry Movie. In this episode, Michael and Abe ro...

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411. Star Trek: The Next Futurama - Mars University

It’s Small Beans’ week to publish this mother! So enjoy this patron-only episode! Michael and Dave take a look at the 11th episode of Futurama’s first season and compare it to an episode of Star Tr...

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Movie Production Diary #23

As we recently announced, we're making a movie and a true crime podcast, and we're making them in full view of you, our Patrons. Today, we worked on The Taylor podcast. In this episode, Michael and Abe...

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409. Bewilderments & Scientifics: Constellations (Feat. Dr. Uvula Tardonis I)

For today’s lecture, Professor Scott Bug explains the sneaky nature of stars, constellations, and the creatures that make them. Abe and Scott are joined by Dr. Uvula Tardonis I who helps us put into pe...

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408. Bean Town II, A 26 Minute Radio Play

After the events of “Bean Town, A 23 Minute Radio Play,” Trish and Barb float in the void that once was time and space. However, there seems to be remnants of the universe seeping in...

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The Furry Movie - A Small Beans Screenplay

Now that we've reached the point in our Movie Diary series where the script is done, here's the done script. Our next Furry Movie meeting will be all about the wonderful feedback we've received from fr...

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Movie Production Diary #22

As we recently announced, we're making a movie, and we're making it in full view of you, our Patrons. In the interest of this new level of transparency, we greenlit two ideas. A featur...

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407. Kings of King: Desperation

2006. Tom Skerritt, Ron Perlman, Steven Weber. A god-like earth spirit destroys a town and local motorists. Seems pretty straight forward. So why do Abe and Michael take an hour to discuss King’s fasci...

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406. I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours: Your First Documentary

In this bonus patron-exclusive, Adam and Maggie bring a topic they’ve been waiting to discuss for a long time, something near and dear to both of their hearts. What is the first documentary that made y...

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Movie Production Diary #21

As we recently announced, we're making a movie, and we're making it in full view of you, our Patrons. In the interest of this new level of transparency, we greenlit two ideas. A featur...

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405. Directorpiece Theatre: Why Does M. Night Shyamalan Miss The Mark?

Old came out this weekend so we wanted to look at Shyamalan’s approach to scene work and camera motivation. In this episode, Adam dissects Unbreakable and offers an explanation as to why some of his fi...

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Movie Monday

We're ripping off Gamefully Unemployed and having a movie night. The difference? Instead of a community coming together to choose films as a collective, Abe and Swaim pick the movies and the audience has no say an...

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404. Star Trek: The Next Futurama - Hell Is Other Robots

It’s a free episode! Tell your friends they can listen! This episode covers the topics: Why does the universe exist? What is morality? Do you believe in an afterlife? Are these all human creations? So ...

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403. Shooting Threes: 50 Shades Darker

As we learned, this franchise is not really a story as much as a continuous series of fantasy scenes. Good thing we have Sarah and Bridgett to walk us through it. At one point, Bridgett slams her leg on ...

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Movie Production Diary #20

As we recently announced, we're making a movie, and we're making it in full view of you, our Patrons. In the interest of this new level of transparency, we greenlit two ideas. A featur...

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402. Frame Rate: Garden State (Feat. Daniel O’Brien)

Friend of the pod, Daniel O’Brien, a man from the Garden State himself, joins Michael and Abe to discuss writer/director Zach Braff’s debut, Garden State. The gang talks about how the following years...

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Movie Production Diary #19

As we recently announced, we're making a movie, and we're making it in full view of you, our Patrons. In the interest of this new level of transparency, we greenlit two ideas. A featur...

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400. Kings of King: The Dark Tower

Abe and Michael examine the 95 minutes of the 2017 action/adventure film The Dark Tower. Based on an eight book saga, this sequel was critically panned and financially a sleeper. Why wasn’t it memorabl...

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Movie Production Diary #18

As we recently announced, we're making a movie, and we're making it in full view of you, our Patrons. In the interest of this new level of transparency, we greenlit two ideas. A featur...

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399. Directorpiece Theatre: How Roland Emmerich Does Exposition

Adam exposes how The Day After Tomorrow dramatizes science, how it attempts to prepare the viewer for moments of emotional significance, and how Roland Emmerich reels in world-spanning plots into simple ...

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398. The Cast and the Curious - F9

The Casters are back and they’re more Curious than ever! Both of them haven’t seen this film yet! And spoilers, as it came out last week, you may have not seen it either! Episode starts with Bridgett...

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Movie Production Diary #17

As we recently announced, we're making a movie, and we're making it in full view of you, our Patrons. In the interest of this new level of transparency, we greenlit two ideas. A featur...

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397. I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours: Comfort Food Movie

In this Show Me Producer chosen episode, Adam and Maggie each bring the film they consume like comfort food. We check in with Maggie’s cat’s grooming situation. So, I think we’re all squared up. View Post